EXPLANATION AND PROCEDURES REGARDING MEDICAL TIME-OUTS GIVEN TO A COLLEGE PLAYER SO HE/SHE CAN GO TO THE BATHROOM AT AN UNAUTHORIZED TIME.
1. This MTO should be given when a player (man or woman) tells you they
cannot wait until the authorized time (changeover or set-break). This is a
one time occurrence per match.
2. The MTO (3 minutes) starts when they get to the bathroom and stops
when they leave the bathroom. Travel time is not included in the
3 minutes.
COMMENT: Chair should go with them or know how much time it
will take for them to get to the bathroom and back. Before going to a
given court check the time it takes to get to a restroom.
3. If they come back late from the 3 minutes and allotted travel time, the
Penalty should be Time Violations. (This agrees with the procedure
we follow when a male player is late from a bathroom visit on a
changeover or set-break.)
4. This MTO is not the one MTO allowed per match for Division I players.
See Page 250, H–1–a
5. The 3 minutes given for something in a player’s eye (Page 250, H-5)
is not considered an MTO. Try to use good judgment and common
sense.
IT WAS NEVER THE INTENTION TO DEFAULT A PLAYER BECAUSE HE/SHE HAD TO GO TO THE BATHROOM.
8 comments:
When you gotta go, You gotta go!!!
Not sure what this post is for? Potty Break is a Potty Break - DI boy's gotta go TOO!!!
I remember a match a few years ago at TCU and the boys went up the hill at the north side of the courts to pee under the trees.
They came back in 90 seconds and one said, "I couldn't pee because everyone was watching me."
I guess boys have an option that girls don't have...
Remember in Div I tennis the boys have an "emergency toilet-visit" in addition to a medical time-out per match. A lot of officials (and coaches) seem to be missing this little tidbit of information.
Well, I have to admit that I'm one of those officials who is missing this little tidbit of information. I can't find the "emergency toilet visit" rule in the book.
"No bathroom breaks shall be permitted in Men's Division I Tennis"
"If a bathroom break is necessary for medical problems, the break is to be treated as a medical timeout"
"In NCAA Division I, a player may have one medical timeout per match."
I have my new 2011 FAC - what page is the tidbit on?
Tidbit is located in ITA section 1.H.a, pg. 250 in 2011 FAC.
Medical Timeout. In NCAA Division I, a player may have ONE medical timeout per match. Should the player need an additional medical timeout, the player will be retired. EXCEPTIONS are the bleeding timeout (which follows USTA Rules) and the medical timeout taken for a BATHROOM VISIT at an unathorized time.
In Men's Div I tennis, a bathroom break at an authorized time is deemed as the medical timeout for the match.
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